Goodwin, Isaac, a prominent Elder in the Church, was born June 18, 1810, in New Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Isaac Goodwin and Rhoda Richards. He was a descendent of Ozias Goodwin, who came to America from England and settled in Connecticut in 1632. Isaac married Laura Hotchkiss Feb. 2, 1833, from which union seven children were born (four boys and three girls), namely Isaac, Lewis, Edwin A., Albert S., Emmerett. Nancy and Lucinda. Becoming a convert to the restored gospel, Isaac Goodwin and family were baptized in 1844. Two years later, in company with other saints, they concluded to go west and took passage at New York on the sailing vessel "Brooklyn," destined for California. The ship sailed from New York Feb. 4, 1846, doubled Cape Horn and arrived at Yerba Buena, on the Bay of San Francisco, California, July 31, 1846, the voyage consuming a little less than six months. At the beginning of the voyage Mrs. Goodwin met with an accident and being in delicate health she never recovered from the shock, but passed away May 6, 1846, shortly after the ship had rounded Cape Horn. She was buried on Goat Island, one of the Juan Fernandez group (Robinson Crusoe's famed islands). Bro. Goodwin and his family lived for some time in San Francisco and later moved to San Bernardino, where he met and married Mary Cox of New Haven, England, Dec. 22, 1855. She had received the gospel Jan. 10, 1850, emigrated to America and accompanied Charles C. Rich's company to California in 1851. She died childless Dec. 13, 1898, at Lehi, Utah. Isaac Goodwin, after living in San Bernardino for several years, decided to move to Utah with his family. They traveled the so-called "southern route," making a short stay in Utah's Dixie and other places and finally became permanent settlers in Lehi, Utah county, in 1859. Isaac Goodwin was the first to introduce alfalfa (lucerne) into Utah, the hay that has been such an important factor in the Utah mountain region. He was elected mayor of Lehi Feb. 13, 1865, was appointed to the same office Oct. 31, 1874 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wm. F. Winn), was again elected mayor Feb. 8, 1875, and filled the office with honor and fidelity on each occasion. Bro. Goodwin held many other positions of trust, both secular and religious. in 1872 he filled a short mission to the Eastern States. Beloved and respected by all who knew him, he died at Lehi April 25, 1879, as a faithful Latter-day Saint.